Clinical characteristics, management, and prognosis of elderly patients with Brugada syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 514-519

  Conte, Giulio ^a   De Asmundis, Carlo ^a   Sieira, Juan ^a   Levinstein, Moises ^a   Chierchia, Gian Battista ^a   Di Giovanni, Giacomo ^a   Baltogiannis, Giannis ^a   Ciconte, Giuseppe ^a   Saitoh, Yukio ^a   Casado Arroyo, Ruben ^a   Pappaert, Gudrun ^a   Brugada, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ajmaline; Brugada syndrome; elderly; sudden death

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; R WAVE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN DEATH; AGE; CARDIOVERSION; COMPLICATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEART PACING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899624870     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12359     Document Type: Article

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